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Lost Getting Video Game Treatment

Ubisoft and Touchstone Television team to bring the hit TV show to virtual life.

What's really going on with the survivors of Oceanic Air flight 815? How does a polar bear get to a tropical island? And what does it all have to do with something called the Dharma Initiative? These are just a few of the questions that have kept the audience for ABC's hit TV show Lost coming back for more. Now Ubisoft and Touchstone Television are teaming up to make a video game based on the popular television series.

The official announcement for the game was released today by Ubisoft and includes very few details. We were given a release date of 2007 and told that the game is scheduled to be released for home consoles, portable systems, and the PC. That's pretty much it. No info on what type of game it will be, no info on if the game is about the characters from the show or if it's a side story, and not even any info about what the storyline will cover.

Instead, we're given some quotes from high-ranking Ubisoft and Touchstone Television officials. We won't reprint them here because it's just the usual marketing jingo where people use words like "giddy," "delighted" and "excited." We'll definitely let you know when some more substantial information is released. Until then, we'll be delighted to hear more info and remain cautiously excited about what could be done with the license. And we'll be giddy if the game looks good.